Auroville's monthly news magazine since 1988

Crises

Auroville stories 1968–2068

Daniel Greenberg

On Saturday, 1 March, the community was invited to come to Cinema Paradiso to hear community members telling short stories; transformative memories of the past or hopeful dreams about the future of Auroville.

Clarifying misconceptions: a response to recent statements about Auroville’s governance

In light of an interview published in Auroville Today’s October issue that presented a perspective on Auroville’s current governance situation, we feel it necessary to offer a different view that more accurately reflects the experiences and concerns of many in our community.

Four radical questions

Daniel Greenberg

After nearly three decades of engaging with Auroville (along with over 100 other ‘sustainable communities’ around the world), a twice-aborted Newcomer process (first due to Covid and then to pursue my ‘dream job’ as Director of Education at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland), and having just spent of 2.5 months there, I would like to share a few radical questions about the future of Auroville for your consideration.

Awaiting the Unifying Symbol - an interview with Siegrun

Siegrun

“The Transcendent Function is a psychic dynamic, if you want to transcend something you have to bring the opposites together. It can change everything, it is a transforming power and can be activated by sandplay, dreamwork, active imagination and other techniques which brings you to a different and wider levels of consciousness.

A proposal for social transformations

Highlighting the interactions and overlaps of the 'Conventional Age' (blue), the 'Rational Age' (orange) and the 'Subjective Age' (green). The space at the centre expresses the opportunity for our collective to come together in our search for more..

In the General Meeting of 1st April, the Dreamweaving Core Team (David, Mona and Omar) committed themselves to making further proposals to the community.

COVID-19 and the Auroville Economy

From left: Otto, Stephan, Isha, Inge and Carel

How has the pandemic impacted our economy? How to make it more equitable and resilient in the future? These are just two of the questions explored in a recent discussion between people from different sectors of the community.

‘Calling the Future’s preliminary results of a community survey

Corona is here, but where is the Karuna?

Kindling the Viewless Fire